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May 3, 2010

On Saturday, the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby was held. Every year, my parents have a Derby party at their house. Tons of family and friends come and we always have a great time betting on the horses and eating and talking.

With the Derby being right in the middle of Spring, the weather is always different. A lot of years, we get lucky and there is sun and great temperatures. Every once in awhile, it rains. And this year that is what it did. It rained and rained and rained. In fact, it barely stopped until last night.

My parents have a huge backyard, so we usually play badminton, hang out on the patio, and can spread out as much as we need to. This year we all had to stay in the house. It really wasn’t too bad though, my parents did a great job of setting up the basement and garage to accommodate everyone.

When my cousins and I were little, we always did some kind of craft at the party. One year I remember decorating straw “Derby” hats. We went a few years without doing anything special as we got older, but now that Summer and Camryn are big enough to enjoy things like that, my dad came up with something for this year. They decorated these cute metal buckets with stickers, and planted marigolds in them. They each made one, and then they made one for me. They loved it, and now I have cute flower pots. We’re going to spray them with something to protect the stickers from the rain, and then put them on our patio. They are so proud of their flowers!

Emily French braided Summer’s hair. It looked so cute, it’s too bad that I’m as bad at French braiding as I am at math. That’s really darn bad, for the record.

Piling on Sarah. They love their cousins.

The derby race itself was as exciting as always. I was happy that Super Saver, jockeyed by Calvin Borel (last year’s winning jockey), won. I had placed a bet on him and got a little bit of our betting money back.